Finishing Up Your Six Word Memoirs

#engchat #sixwordmemoirs #mbedu-  It seems we are coming to the end of our work with "6 Word Memoirs", and that means that we need to finish polishing and editing, and publish them for the world to see! Exciting right? Ok, here's what you need to know: (1) You must have 8 of your "Six Word Memoirs" for publishing. (2) E-mail each of your finished 8 "Six Word Memoirs" to the class Flickr account: not48effect@photos.flickr.com (3) Each of these 8 "Six Word Memoirs" must be posted as separate entry, on your blog by Tuesday, October...

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Blog Fieldtrip!

One week ago, I warned you that you'd be getting visitors to your blog . . . At today it's happening!  For today's class you are going to be visiting your classmates blogs, exploring their posts, and contributing meaningful comments to things you find of intereste.  Remember, meaningful comments are meant to extend a conversation (no flirting, or empty cheerleading).  At the end of class, come back here to Cre8tive Havoc, and leave a comment on this post, discussing which blogs you visited, and what your comments. reactions were! Here's...

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A New Layer to Storytelling

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Photo Editing!

Try using the app Quipio or http://www.picmonkey....

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Weekly Reading Assignment #3

This week, I would like you to share the text connections you found while reading during Friday's class.  Use the headings down below to share two text connections that you found.  This week we are not using "Twitter" format, and as such you should be explaining your connections in a paragraph length response.  Once you have posted your 2 text connections, you can spend the remainder of class time working on your blog for my first visit on Wednesday....

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This Week's Reading Strategy- Text Connections

#engchat #readingstrategies   Research shows that effective readers all possess similar characteristics of “reading greatness”. Two such characteristics are: They activate their background--they reflect on what they know before reading and  . . . They connect that knowledge to the during and after stages of their reading experience. Below are three different types of connections:   Text to Self                             ...

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First Writing Project: Six Word Memoirs

#mbedu #engchat #sixwordmemoirs The first writing style we will be focussing on is a microform called six word memoirs. For those of you who haven't heard of this writing phenomenon, here's a short video to explain: http://youtu.be/mBnP0DoGjRI http://flic.kr/s/aHsjymZhgf   Your writing assignment: -Write 8 different six word memoirs. One for each of the eight categories: love, hate, growing up, my past, my future, me, family,...

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Personal Additions

Your blog should be an extension of you and reflect your personality in a professional manner. The best way to accomplish is through personal additions! Personal additions are your chance to include items you find inspiring, interesting, and/or worth commenting on into your blog and WRN. Items that could be considered personal additions include (but are not limited to): ·Poems/Song Lyrics ·A list of confession ·A list of inspirational quotes ·“I...

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Reading Tweet #2

#engchat #mbedu #readingtweet This week's Reading Tweet is slightly different from last week.  Once again you will be composing 5 tweets about your reading on Friday, but this week you must include at least three of the following hashtags in your tweets, in a meaningful way: #dystopian #bigidea #favquote #johngreen #writingstyle #conflict #foreshadowing #timetravel #scifi #romance #title #lifelesson #bookormovie Your first tweet should once again introduce your book and current page of reading: Where'd U Go Bernadette (123) My #favquote...

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Reading Tweet Rubric

#engchat #mbedu #rubric Great job posting your Reading "Tweets" last week!  It was nice to see all the conversations about books and reading that resulted from your posts and replies.  See below for a rubric that clarifies the assessment of your Reading Tweets from last week: ...

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Share Your Blog Address

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Digital Footprint

Although this is a Creative Writing class, sometimes I think of it as a Creative Ways of Writing class. It is with that in mind that I introduce Sunni Brown and her passion for doodling. In today's class what we are going to think and doodle about is the concept of our digital footprint. According to Wikipedia a digital footprint is; A trail left by an entity's interactions in a digital environment; including their usage of TV, mobile phone, Internet and world wide web, mobile web and other devices and sensors. Digital footprints provide...

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Reading "Tweets"

#engchat #readingtweets #educhat  Reading Reflection: Today, you will using the format of Twitter to compose "Tweets" about the post it notes you took while reading on Friday. Your reading tweets will contain 140 characters or less - ncluding spaces and punctuation. In total you will create 5 "tweets: - An intro tweet that gives the title of the book, the page that you are currently on, and your initial reaction to the book: The Girl i/t Steel Corset (203) my 1rst steampunk book. I enjoy the dark mystery- great...

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Questions, Comments, Predictions- Reading Strategy

#metacognition #engchat #readingstrategies During Friday's free reading class, I introduced you to a reading strategy that would help keep you "reading actively" during the period.  Your job was to use post-it notes to keep track of the following:   Questions (?) ·      While you are reading you may find yourself asking questions.  These questions might be about plot or character or any other element in the novel. Comments ·      As...

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Welcome Cre8tive Writing Students of 2013-14!

Hello and welcome to Cre8tive Havoc, the "mother blog" for our class's adventure into blogging! This will be a common space for all students taking Creative Writing this year, so don't be suprised if you see some new names and faces here. This mother blog will be a place where various assignments and resources will be posted. My hope is that you will be checking is here on a regular basis while also maintaining your own blog, and visiting the...

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